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• JAN

JAN See also:

• JAN SWAMMERDAM (1637-168o)

SWAMMERDAM (1637-168o)  , Dutch naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1637 at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, the son of an See also:

• APOTHECARY (from the Lat. apothecarius, a keeper of an apotheca, Gr. aroth is , a store)

apothecary and naturalist . He was destined for the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church; but he preferred the profession of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, taking his See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor's degree at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden in 1667 . Having necessarily to See also:

• INTEREST

interest himself in human See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy, he.devoted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the preservation and better demonstration of the various structures, and he devised the method of studying the circulatory See also:

• SYSTEM

system by means of injections . He also spent much See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the study of See also:

• INSECTS

insects, investigating the subject of their See also:

• METAMORPHOSIS

metamorphosis, and in this and other ways laying the beginnings of their natural See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification, while his researches on the anatomy of mayflies and bees were also of See also:

• GREAT

great importance . His devotion to See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science led to his neglect of practice; his See also:

• FATHER

father, resenting this, stopped all supplies and thus See also:

• SWAMMERDAM, JAN (1637-168o)

Swammerdam experienced a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of considerable privation, which had the most unfortunate See also:

• CON

con-sequences to his See also:

• HEALTH

health, both bodily and See also:

• MENTAL

mental . In 1675 his father died, leaving him an adequate See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, but the See also:

• MISCHIEF

mischief was irreparable, He became a hypochondriac and mystic, joined the followers of Antoinette See also:

• BOURIGNON, ANTOINETTE (1616-168o)

Bourignon, and died at Amsterdam on the 15th of February 1680 . His Allgemeene 'Verhandeling See also:

• VAN

van bloedeloase diertjens appeared at See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht in 1669, and his Biblia naturae, sive Historic insectorum in certas classes redacta was published after his See also:

• DEATH

death by H . Boerhaeve in 1737-1738 . He was also the author of Miraculum naturae, ;See also:

• EA(nar...), (p.s„,.,.)
• EA(psr...), (p, „...)• (pqr...)

ea Uteri muliebris fabrica (Leiden, 1672) .